STATE v. LUND

No. 81-K-1903.

409 So.2d 569 (1982)

STATE of Louisiana v. Thomas A. LUND, Jr. and Herman O. Matthews.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

January 25, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Louise Korns, James A. Williams, Dolores V. Mason Smith, Asst. Dist. Attys., for plaintiff-relator.

Lawrence J. Boasso, Frank Larre, Tilden Greenbaum, of Orleans Indigent Defender Program, New Orleans, for defendants-respondents.


WATSON, Justice.

Defendants, Thomas A. Lund, Jr. and Herman O. Matthews, were charged with unlawful possession of a controlled dangerous substance, Pentazocine, in violation of LSA-R.S. 40:967. The trial court granted defendants' motions to suppress the evidence and the state obtained a writ of certiorari.

FACTS

Shortly before 5:00 A.M. on January 16, 1981, Officers John Faust and John Evans were in the...

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